US7670307B2 - Cervical traction/stretch device kit - Google Patents
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U.S. Pat. No. | Patentee |
3,343,532 | Zumaglini |
4,058,112 | Johnson |
4,099,523 | Lowery |
4,508,109 | Saunders |
4,543,947 | Blackstone |
4,617,691 | Monti et al. |
4,702,235 | Hong |
4,771,493 | Park |
4,805,603 | Cumberland |
4,832,007 | Davis Jr. et al. |
4,850,003 | Huebeck et al. |
5,060,661 | Howard |
5,067,483 | Freed |
5,181,904 | Cook et al. |
5,243,722 | Gusakov |
5,382,226 | Graham |
5,403,266 | Bragg et al. |
5,441,781 | Chitwood |
5,454,781 | Chitwood |
5,569,176 | Grahm |
5,752,927 | Rogachevsky |
5,823,982 | Park |
5,916,185 | Chitwood |
6,289,538 | Fidge |
6,447,468 | Hankins et al. |
7,048,705 | Pillai |
7,070,573 | Axelsson |
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CN103371879A (en) * | 2012-04-13 | 2013-10-30 | 北京瑞德埃克森医疗投资有限公司 | Patient interface equipment and method for aligning adjacent cervical vertebras by aid of same |
US8684958B1 (en) | 2011-01-31 | 2014-04-01 | Zing Anything Llc | Cervical traction/stretch device |
US20170119182A1 (en) * | 2015-10-31 | 2017-05-04 | Case Morris | Therapeutic Device for the Relief of Coughing Symptoms |
US10117768B1 (en) * | 2013-10-30 | 2018-11-06 | William L. Freed | Cervical traction collar |
US11147704B2 (en) * | 2018-02-28 | 2021-10-19 | Won Seok Yoo | Cervicothoracic spine restorator |
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US4508109A (en) | 1982-01-11 | 1985-04-02 | Saunders Harold D | Cervical traction device |
US4617691A (en) | 1983-04-25 | 1986-10-21 | Monti Martha S | Support pillow |
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US4832007A (en) | 1988-04-12 | 1989-05-23 | Span-America Medical Systems, Inc. | Traction pillow and method |
US4805603A (en) | 1988-07-13 | 1989-02-21 | Keith Cumberland | Inflatable cervical traction pillow |
US5181904A (en) | 1988-10-24 | 1993-01-26 | Gerry Cook | Pneumatic traction device with electrically controlled compressor and relief valve |
US5060661A (en) | 1990-06-08 | 1991-10-29 | Howard Thomas L | Inflatable neck and head support |
US5067483A (en) | 1990-08-21 | 1991-11-26 | Freed William L | Cervical traction device |
US5575295A (en) * | 1992-03-02 | 1996-11-19 | Chiro-Yog, Inc. | Method and apparatus for restoring spinal cervical curvature |
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US5403266A (en) | 1993-07-06 | 1995-04-04 | United States Manufacturing Company | Inflatable cervical traction collar |
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US8684958B1 (en) | 2011-01-31 | 2014-04-01 | Zing Anything Llc | Cervical traction/stretch device |
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US11147704B2 (en) * | 2018-02-28 | 2021-10-19 | Won Seok Yoo | Cervicothoracic spine restorator |
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